Technical Specialist - Full-time

Valley Invicta Academies Trust

• Ref:KCC-F38-112-S
• Posted:17/10/2025
• Pay:VIAT 11 (starting at £55,822)
• Start Date:TBC
• App Close Date:03/11/2025 at 09:00
• Interviews:TBC

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We are recruiting to the Technical Specialist role within our Trust's central IT Support Team.  Working 37 hours per week, all year round with 27 days annual leave per annum. 

The Technical Specialist provides technical leadership to the Trust and our schools, ensuring that our technical infrastructure and operations are appropriately matched to the needs of the organisation. The role encompasses a widely range of responsibilities, broadly within the following four areas:

• Leading and implementing architectural design and improvements within the Trust’s IT systems;
• Providing technical advice, support and acting as a technical escalation point for our IT teams within the schools and Trust;
• Implementing technical projects;
• Providing day-to-day support cover where required.

In essence, the Technical Specialist will act as ‘an internal technical consultant’ to the organisation. The role therefore requires not only excellent technical skills across a broad range of disciplines, but also demonstrable ‘soft-skills’ to enable the postholder to engage well at senior levels of the organisation.

Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure. As part of the shortlisting process, the Trust reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children will be discussed.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

A copy of our school's Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy can be found attached.

Valley Invicta Academies Trust expects every employee to take responsibility for promoting a culture that values and respects difference. We welcome applications from all diverse and ethnic groups.

If you require access arrangements to complete an application form, please contact the Trust who will support you i.e., large print, coloured forms.

Information about the trust

Valley Invicta Academies Trust is a Multi Academy Trust, based in Maidstone, Kent. The Trust is a family of primary and secondary schools which work in partnership to provide nothing less than outstanding education for all our young people. Presently the Trust is responsible for five primary schools and four secondary schools:

VIAT Primary Schools

Valley Invicta Primary School at Aylesford, Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes, Valley Invicta Primary School at Kings Hill, Valley Invicta Primary School at Leybourne Chase and Valley Invicta Primary School at East Borough.

VIAT Secondary Schools

Invicta Grammar School, Valley Park School, The Lenham School and the School of Science and Technology Maidstone. Invicta Grammar School and Valley Park School.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Human Resources - VIAT Business Centre
• Address:Huntsman Lane,
  Maidstone,
  Kent,
  ME14 5DS
• Telephone: 03033030000 Option 5
• Email: recruitment@viat.org.uk

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Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
• Job Description and Person Specification
• The Recruitment of ex offenders policy